Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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